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    What kind of peafowl is this? What will he look like?

    I assumed male, am I correct? And will his head turn blue with time, or could their be pied in there?
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    What kind of peafowl is this? What will he look like?

    So, we had a weird breeding season this past year with some egg swapping and what looked like musical nests. One of the eggs was appropriated by a chicken and I have no idea who the mother hen actually was. Now that he is developing some color, I am really confused. (By the way, letting a...
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    2019 Peafowl

    So Casportpony, You say you have hatched under chickens or ducks? Do you let them raise them? I'm Asking, because I have had a very weird season this year, all kind of crazy egg and nest swapping. The short version is -I now have one peachick being raised by a chicken and another being raised...
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    To insulate or not

    I'm in Ohio. Like you in Illinois, we are experiencing the snow vortex today. In weather like this, I am soooo... grateful I built my coop like I did. While, I did NOT insulate, I built it against the side of my Garage, so I have easy access to electricity and water. I can get into the coop to...
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    Maintaining chicken run

    I finally turned to pea stone(roundish pea-sized stones). Put a board crosswise at the door's threshold to keep it in and it works to stabilize bottom of door,(or you may have to raise door). Periodically, rake back the gravel, sand or whatever substrate you use, and sprinkle ground with lime...
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    Decorating your coop?!

    Decorated Chicken Coop? I did not do Holiday decorations this year, only because the French Country colors don't blend with Christmas colors. The birds were disappointed. And FYI, the curtains are made from vinyl-ized (?) table cloths, so they can be hosed off.
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    Some of my peafowls!

    q8- I love these pictures! Your birds look so healthy and clean. You did a wonderful job of showing clearly the different variations. I'm still in awe of the spalding you show as your avatar.
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    India Blue split white hen x pied cock

    Not sure, did you mean your male was pied or IB split to pied? For what it's worth, I had an IB male split to pied and an IB hen split to white and over the years, most of there nests were 3 IB chicks and 3 pied chicks.
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    Peachick Sexing Photo Reference Chart

    Hi All- I know we are always curious what sex the peachicks are from the second they hatch. In 2016, I had the lucky opportunity to document in pictures, a male and female chick's development from hatching to adulthood. The happy accident was that by the time they were old enough to truly tell...
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    Peafowl not accepting new peafowl

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    Treatment for Peahen with possible infection

    She is currently on my roof for the night, i will see if i can catch her pooping tomorrow and take a pic. Can i hurt her while massaging? I felt like i was moving that gravel stuff around quite a bit.
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    Treatment for Peahen with possible infection

    Large Crop Help. Sour crop, Impacted Crop? Looking for advice. My one year old Purple Hen has a tennis ball size lump on the right side. I've been searching through the articles, threads etc... for info on crop stuff. Read the article that Casportpony submitted from Dr Mike Petrik - Chicken...
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    Look at what I found today - Baby Opossums

    Possum eat millions of ticks (so they say), and eat also snakes. Naturally immune to snake venom.
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    Look at what I found today - Baby Opossums

    I've raised many possom. They are very easy and are extremely cute at one stage (albeit a short one!) Possums need Esbilac or puppy milk replacer, not KMR. Because they are marsupials they are used to staying in mom's pouch and nursing alot! Fold them up in towels or let them crawl inside a...
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    Bedding advice for run in wetlands?

    I used to do wood chips but the chicken feed would filter through it and rot. The stink was so bad each spring it would have to be dug out- not a pleasant chore. Noe I use deep pea stone. It works great for 3 years now. It gets cery wet between snow thaw and tons of rain and wash from the hill...
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